James woods



- (No Model) J. WOODS. FARM GATE.

No. 525,674. Patented sept. 4, 1894.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

JAMES WOODS, OF NEWTON BROOK, CANADA.

'FARM-GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 525,674, datedSeptember 4, 1894.

i Application led December 18, 1893. Serial No. 493,967. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that l, JAMES WOODs, of Newton Brook, in the county of Yorkand Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented a certain new and usefulFarrn`Gateof which the following is a specification.

My invention relates particularly to that class of farm gates that canbe opened by a rider or driver from a vehicle.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating my invention, in which similarnumbers of reference refer to similar parts throughout- Figure 1,represents a side elevation of the gate having the operating rod insection,and showing ,the posts. Fig. 2, represents a reduced plan of thegate closed. Fig. 3,1"epresents a perspective detail of the principaloperating mechanism in opening and closing and latching and unlatchingthe gate in both positions. Fig. 4, represents a section of the hingepost at the lower hinge, and Fig. 5, represents a detail plan of aportion of the gate to more fully show the operation and construction.

The gate, 1 may be constructed' of usual materials, and between thehinge and latch posts, 2, and 3, respectively, does not differmaterially from other gates, the usual spring latch, 4, being employedpreferably, and a rest piece 5, on the post, 3, on which an antifrictionroller, 6, Ion the gate, 1, bears when closed, and relieves the hingepost, 2, from the entire weight constantly, of the gate, 1.

The hinge post, 2, has at the bottom of the gate, 1, four anti-frictionrollers, 7, disposed round its circumference and secured in adaptedrecesses in the post, 2, as shown in Fig. 4, which rollers, 7, are forthe ring, 8, to bear on. The ring, 8, is preferably a metal ring and isclamped by two bars, 9, curved to lit on said ring, 8, and extendingstraight at their ends by which they are secured by or-V dinary bolts tothe gate, 1, at the front, and to the partial counterweight, 10, in rearof said hinge post, 2. The upper end of the post, 2, terminates near thetop of the gate, 1, and is capped by a metal disk, 11, secured thereon'and having a center pin, 12, which projects through the top rail, 13,of the gate, 1, and into the head, 14, of said post, 2. The top rail,13, extends in the rear 0f the post, 2, and supports the partial counterweight, 10,

and the .operating mechanism hereinafter described.

The counter weight portion, 10, of the gate, 1, may be used to form agate for pedestrians, or the fence may be extended and connected to thepost, 2, on the back side of, and out of the way of the counter' weight10, when swinging.

On the top rail, 13, is supported a frame, 15, having a right-angledextension, 16, suitably braced and adapted to carry the operating bars,17, and the cranked levers, 18, and 19, supported on opposite sides ofthe frame, 15, and contacted and operated by the operating bars, 17, tooperate the spring latch, 4, first and finally to act on the counterweight portion, 10, of the gate, 1, in opening and closing the same.

The operating bars, 17, are secured to opposite ends of the plate, 20,(one of them being jointed thereto as shown.) In the plate, Y

20, a slot, 21, is provided through which is passed a bolt, 22, toconnect said plate, 20, loosely to the extension, 16, of the gate, 1,allowing the plate, 20, to reciprocate some distance without moving thegate, 1. One of these operating bars, 17, has a pin, 23, projectingbeneath it to engage with the cranked lever, 18, (on the sanne side ofthe frame, 15,) for the purpose of operating said lever, 18, to draw therod, 24, and operate the latch, 4, in opening the gate, 1. On the otheroperating bar, 17, is a bracket, 26, adapted to engage with thecranked-lever, 19, and by the medium of the rod, 25, operate said latch,4, when closing the gate, 1.

The rods, 24, and 25, unite and are connected to a'chain, A, whichextends along the top rail, 13, and over rollers, 27 to the latch, 4,and is covered by a grooved strip, 28, within which the chain A, isprotected from ice, snow, and damage.

The bars, 17, extend onl opposite sides of the gate, 1, normally or whenclosed, and are supported on posts, 29, but at one side of the gate, 1,the corresponding bar 17 extends the width of the gate, 1, farther, toprovide for its opening to that side. The posts, 29, have an eye, 30, oneach to carry the bars, 17.

On the opposite side of the road from th latch post, 3, and the width ofthe gate, 1,

from the post, 2, is an open latch post, 31, to

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which the gate, 1, opens and latches'similarly as it latches when closedtothe post, 2.-

When the gate is being opened one of the operating bars, 17 is pushed orpulled according to the side approached from and the following actiontakes place: The pin, 23, or the bracket, 26, on the operating bars, 17,operates one of the cranked levers 18, or 19 to draw back the latch, 4,then the bolt, 22, in the plate, 20, is engaged and carries the gate, 1,open. In closingthe gate, 1, one of the bars, 17, is operated reverselyto the direction of opening; the alternative cranked lever 18 or 19 isoperated to draw the latch, 4, and disengage it from the latch post, 31,next the gate, 1, swings closed and by the momentumthereof it latches onthe latch post, 3, again. Having described my invention, what I JAMESWooDs.

In presence of- MUNRO INNES, ALEX. D. CARTWRIGHT;

